Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Braintree Fund For Education

BFFE 10th Annual Evening of Entertainment

• Friday, March 20, 2015 at Great Pond Hall (formerly Emerald Hall) at 7pm.

• It will be a Trivia Night with at least 10K in teacher grants as prizes.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Annual Braintree Athletic Association 5K Thanksgiving Race


Thursday, November 27, 2014 - 8:00 AM Start (7:45 AM Walkers)
A Great Community Event

Start and End at BHS
Registration 7:00 AM - BHS Cafeteria


EARLY RACE NUMBER PICKUP & REGISTRATION
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26TH FROM 6-8 PM AT BHS CAFETERIA


$22.00 until November 21st (online or mailed registration), $25.00 day of race


*TEE SHIRTS TO THE FIRST 500 REGISTERED RUNNERS ONLY*
Prize for top finishers in each age category

Checks Made Payable to: BHS Athletic Association
Mail to: Braintree High School, c/o Mike Denise, 128 Town Street, Braintree, MA 02184

Save $$$ - Register online @
https://www.racemenu.com/events/63081-15th-Annual-Braintree-Athletic-Association-Thanksgiving-Day-5K-Race-Walk

Mail-in Applications Available @ www.gpvillage.com/bhs

Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Good morning,
On Saturday, November 29th at noon in the H Frederick Herget Gymnasium lobby, BHS will proudly induct its latest class into the Athletic Hall of Fame. Students and parents are invited for this ceremony, as it provides an opportunity to celebrate past successes and gain perspective as to the accomplishments possible as a high school athlete. All are welcome to attend.

Friday, November 7, 2014

Good Technology News!

Braintree to spend $254K on classroom technology
The purchases will provide iPads and computers, and will be funded by unpsent money from previously approved school projects. emailprintCOMMENT0 0

By Lane Lambert
The Patriot Ledger
Posted Nov. 6, 2014 @ 8:08 pm

BRAINTREE - The town’s schools soon will spend $254,000 for new classroom iPads and computers. The town council approved the purchases at Wednesday night’s regular meeting.

Superintendent Maureen Murray said the updated equipment is part of the district’s plan to fully install wireless Internet service in all nine schools and get ready to administer standardized state tests online. She told the council that classroom technology hasn’t been replaced in several years.

The purchases won’t involve extra, unbudgeted spending. Murray and Mayor Joseph Sullivan’s chief of staff- Michael Coughlin- said the $254,000 will be taken from unspent, previously approved bond money.
Murray said three contract bids for recent school improvements were lower than estimated, freeing up money for the technology. The council approved moving the leftover balances from those contract accounts.

The superintendent told the council that she aims to have full WiFi service in all schools by the end of 2016.
Since the successor to the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests will eventually be completely online, “we need a network that can handle that,” Murray said.

Morrison Elementary and Ross Elementary are already fully wireless, thanks to federal grants. The high school, East and South middle schools and other four elementaries all have WiFi “hot spot” areas.

Sullivan said this summer that Braintree High School and the other six schools might get full WiFi for as little as $250,000 from the town, along with state and other grants.

But Braintree Electric Light Department general manager William Biggotti said then the cost is hard to estimate, since Internet technology will be installed in older buildings.
Reach Lane Lambert at llambert@ledger.com or follow him on Twitter @LLambert_Ledger.